Greetings!
Happiness is something that's very important in every human life and it is because if found in our lives, it makes our living healthy, but if found missing in our lives, we tend to suffer for it. So, for any of us to live a healthy life, happiness has its own part to play in our lives and before I proceed, happiness to me is a matter of choice as no one can make us happy except ourselves and the other thing is that no amount of money can buy us happiness.
I have seen a rich man that's no happy despite all his riches, he was always sad to the extent that he was depressed and tried to even commit suicide. If not for the help of those that were around him, he would have killed himself, although, no one knows what he was secretly battling with in his private life, but all we know him to be is a rich man. So, one thing that I have got to know over the time is that the riches of this work doesn't guarantee happiness.
Also, I have seen a poor man that is living happy with his poverty even up till this present moment, this man with the view of many of us should not be happy for any reason, but one thing that amazed me about him is that he's always smiling and given thanks to God, there's a day I asked him why he was always happy, but his response was that his happiness is from God and that was how I kept my mouth shut and decided not to ask him about the source of his joy and happiness again.
So, having experienced these two scenarios on what happiness could mean to people, I realised that happiness is not about being rich or poor, it's all about us and our mindset for someone like me, nothing makes me happy than making impact in the lives of others and making them happy.
As for me, when I put a smile on others' faces, then I derive my joy. Also when I built people as a teacher, I derived my joy. I have seen and met with my students who I have taught years back and whenever I see them doing fine, I become happy, however if I see any of them not doing fine, I become sad.
Although it took me time to know my source of happiness, ever since I know this as my source of happiness, I have always worked hard to better the lives of others just to boost my happiness as happiness is like a medicine to me.
Thanks for reading.
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